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Isaiah 41:21-23

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

21. Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong [reasons], saith the King of Jacob. 22. Let them bring [them] forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they [be], that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. 23. Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye [are] gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold [it] together.

Isaiah 41:21-23 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 41:21

Theological / Devotional

Produce your cause. God challenges the worshipers of false gods to set forth convincing evidence of their power. Here (vs. 21-26) the ability to foretell the future is proposed as a test of divine power. In this section of his book Isaiah repeatedly points to predictive prophecy as proof that the true God is all He claims to be (see chs. 41:4; 42:9; 43:9; 44:7; 45:11, 21; 46:9, 10; 48:3-7, 16). The other great proof of the true God is His creative power (see on Isa. 40:12, 26; cf. Ps. 96:5).

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